I'm surprised you didn't recognize the name and know the body build. This isn't high jumping. I can't think of any top female pole vaulter who is rail thin. They are all 130 to 150 pound range with Murto probably the largest frame.
Maybe they need to spend a week working at McDonalds or at an Amazon warehouse. Or maybe you do.
Some people working those types of jobs actually make more money than some track and field athletes.
Like I said before, you obviously don't know much about how professional track and field works if you think that most of them are leading "enormously privileged lives."
Sydney McLaughlin is doing well financially, but many other professional track and field athletes are really struggling financially on very little money. Yes, sometimes making even less money than McDonalds or Amazon warehouse employees. And sometimes the athletes even have to go months with no sponsors at all.
Maybe they need to spend a week working at McDonalds or at an Amazon warehouse. Or maybe you do.
Some people working those types of jobs actually make more money than some track and field athletes.
Like I said before, you obviously don't know much about how professional track and field works if you think that most of them are leading "enormously privileged lives."
Sydney McLaughlin is doing well financially, but many other professional track and field athletes are really struggling financially on very little money. Yes, sometimes making even less money than McDonalds or Amazon warehouse employees. And sometimes the athletes even have to go months with no sponsors at all.
I think the only way I’d question “was it worth it” is if the path to medal involved sacrificing time away from other people that we love. But the other lifestyle stuff that’s part of what makes competitive sport so fulfilling. If it was easy, nobody would care.
She's a tall, solid looking lady. She looks like she would be adept at tossing hay bails if she needed to. Watching her weight would be relevant because she has to launch her mass up into the air, so she's looking to be as powerful as possible without adding too much weight. Athletes in lots of different disciplines have to have the same considerations. Just because someone raises an issue doesn't mean they are whining about it. People who think will often raise an issue for the sake of discussion and to propose a different point of view. It is much more interesting than offering no original thoughts. I have made some choices in my life that in retrospect I would not make today. Regret does help, but by discussing them, I can learn and others can also learn from my experience.
I meant to write hay bales. Hay bails do not exist to my knowledge, but her strapping physique could also be beneficial if she had to bail out a leaking boat.
This athlete is stating that track and field has conditioned her into unhealthy behaviors and relationships with food. This absolutely has to be a common thing for people in most events besides the throws, and especially relevant for women. Maintaining an optimal body for track and field can force people to intensely focus on what they eat. What if a couple pounds could make or break a medal position?
She is stating our loud something that's been on my mind for a while (although a different situation bc I'm a mediocre runner and I only have a small issue with food stuff). Should I keep trying to PR if I think I need to cut weight to easily do it? And will cutting weight make me have an unhealthy relationship with my body and food, which I know is common, especially in female distance runners?
People here think that she's privileged and whining because she's being vulnerable and telling her truth, which seems to be a common truth in this sport. She's thankful for her time in the sport but she's scared it's given her habits where she's overly controlling and anxious about her body. I hope she can work through this stuff in retirement.
Maybe they need to spend a week working at McDonalds or at an Amazon warehouse. Or maybe you do.
Said in only a slightly sarcastic voice to point out irony: Quit posting on LR and get back to work! You're fortunate you have Internet, a smartphone, a forklift, etc. Back in my day we had pallet jacks and that was it!
I love watching Holly jump and I had no idea she felt this way. I appreciate that she is being honest with the sacrifices made to compete at the world level. I have no idea what that would look like as I personally only competed at state level. It’s depressing to hear about her eating disorder. I developed an ED as well but I always thought it was because I was not naturally talented enough to do the sport. Knowing someone as talented as Holly still suffers from disordered eating is just depressing. It’s something you always suspect of many professionals but you hope isn’t true. Diet doping has been more prevalent in other sports, I guess I was naive to think it wasn’t prevalent in high jump or other track and field events. The other part of me feels validation from reading her quote. I had misguided men try to tell me I should “go pro” but I also has a job where I earned a high income. I’m glad I stayed with my job because I was able to retire early and be a stay at home mom. Unlike Holly I wasn’t an Olympic medalist or even an Olympian but I feel like I’m winning at ordinary family life and I have no regrets. I hope she can get thru these feelings and get back to doing something that makes her happy. It sounds like she’s in a lot of pain.
She just turned 32 and apparently has a husband. Still plenty of time to have kids and get some real meaning in her life. Elle Purrier is happier than most.
Pro athlete's struggles and challenges should never be measured by glorified hobby joggers. Just because you run 40 miles a week to stay competitive at your local Turkey Trot doesn't mean that you know jack squat about the physical and mental tolls of elite level training.
Most here NEVER had the talent nor the courage to really go for greatness. That's a fact. You are no better than the fat slobs that played second string JV football in high school that call sports radio shows confident that they could coach or play better than their local NFL team. Just shut up, drink another beer, and relive the high point of your life - that one time you broke 4:30 for 1600 in high school three decades ago.
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